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Left-handed

Left-handed Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Left-handed? [adj] not skillful in physical movement especially with the hands; "a bumbling mechanic"; "a bungling performance"; "ham-handed governmental interference"; "could scarcely empty a scuttle of ashes, so handless was the poor creature"- Mary H. Vorse [adj] ironically ambiguous; "a left-handed compliment" [adj] rotating to the left [adj] (of marriages) of a marriage between one of royal or noble birth and one of lower rank; valid but with the understanding that the rank of the inferior remains unchanged and offspring do not succeed to titles or property of the superior [adj] (of marriages) illicit or informal; "in Colonial America left-handed marriages between Frenchmen and Indians were frequent" [adj] using or intended for the lefts hand; "left-handed golfers need left-handed clubs"; "left-handed scissors" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Left-handed: ambiguous \| anticlockwise \| bumbling \| bungling \| butterfingered \| contraclockwise \| counterclockwise \| ham-fisted \| ham-handed \| handless \| heavy-handed \| illegitimate \| left(a) \| left-hand(a) \| legitimate \| levorotary \| levorotatory \| maladroit \| morganatic \| sinistral Related Terms \| Find terms related to Left-handed: abusive \| all thumbs \| atrocious \| awkward \| backhand \| backhanded \| blunderheaded \| blundering \| boorish \| bumbling \| bungling \| butterfingered \| calumnious \| careless \| circuitous \| clownish \| clumsy \| clumsy-fisted \| contumelious \| cumbersome \| deflectional \| degrading \| deviant \| deviative \| devious \| digressive \| divagational \| divergent \| excursive \| fingers all thumbs \| fumbling \| gauche \| gawkish \| gawky \| graceless \| ham-fisted \| ham-handed \| heavy-handed \| hulking \| hulky \| humiliating \| indirect \| inelegant \| insolent \| insulting \| left-hand \| loutish \| lubberly \| lumbering \| lumpish \| maladroit \| oafish \| oblique \| offensive \| outrageous \| ponderous \| scurrile \| scurrilous \| side \| sidelong \| sinister \| sinistral \| sinistromanual \| sloppy \| southpaw \| stiff \| uncouth \| ungainly \| ungraceful \| unhandy \| unspeakable \| unwieldy See Also \| left Left-handed In Webster's Dictionary \Left"-hand`ed\, a. 1. Having the left hand or arm stronger and more dexterous than the right; using the left hand and arm with more dexterity than the right. 2. Clumsy; awkward; unlucky; insincere; sinister; malicious; as, a left-handed compliment. The commendations of this people are not always left-handed and detractive. --Landor. 3. Having a direction contrary to that of the hands of a watch when seen in front; -- said of a twist, a rotary motion, etc., looked at from a given direction. {Left-handed marriage}, a morganatic marriage. See {Morganatic}. {Left-handed screw}, a screw constructed to advance away from the observer, when turned, as in a nut, with a left-handed rotation. An ordinary wood screw is right-handed.

Left-handed Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Left-handed?

[adj] not skillful in physical movement especially with the hands; "a bumbling mechanic"; "a bungling performance"; "ham-handed governmental interference"; "could scarcely empty a scuttle of ashes, so handless was the poor creature"- Mary H. Vorse
[adj] ironically ambiguous; "a left-handed compliment"
[adj] rotating to the left
[adj] (of marriages) of a marriage between one of royal or noble birth and one of lower rank; valid but with the understanding that the rank of the inferior remains unchanged and offspring do not succeed to titles or property of the superior
[adj] (of marriages) illicit or informal; "in Colonial America left-handed marriages between Frenchmen and Indians were frequent"
[adj] using or intended for the lefts hand; "left-handed golfers need left-handed clubs"; "left-handed scissors"

See Also | left

Left-handed In Webster's Dictionary

\Left"-hand`ed\, a.
1. Having the left hand or arm stronger and more dexterous
   than the right; using the left hand and arm with more
   dexterity than the right.

2. Clumsy; awkward; unlucky; insincere; sinister; malicious;
   as, a left-handed compliment.

         The commendations of this people are not always
         left-handed and detractive.           --Landor.

3. Having a direction contrary to that of the hands of a
   watch when seen in front; -- said of a twist, a rotary
   motion, etc., looked at from a given direction.

{Left-handed marriage}, a morganatic marriage. See
   {Morganatic}.

{Left-handed screw}, a screw constructed to advance away from
   the observer, when turned, as in a nut, with a left-handed
   rotation. An ordinary wood screw is right-handed.

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